Social and Personal Items From Local Notes
Social and personal news items list visits travels and gatherings. The column notes club meetings including Catholic Altar Society and Afternoon Bridge Club, plus engagements and travel by residents such as Mr. Morton Mrs. Dowling and Miss Moore. It also covers a marriage Mr. W. Cooper and Mrs. Alice Loy, and upcoming reunions with veterans and sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Altar Society
Riverside Club
Harry Russell
Progress in Medical Treatment
Twenty five years ago doctors overused calomel for headaches indigestion and liver troubles causing nausea and illness. Today physicians prefer gentler remedies like cedlite powders and saline cathartics, noting less danger and greater effectiveness in treating bilious liver issues.
Garden Party Honors Local Soldier Farewell for Private Bell
Mrs Ballard hosted a lawn party for Private H H Bell of Company D with over thirty guests. Tea girls Theresa Bell and Jewel McGraw led a confectionary luncheon after games and good luck wishes. Also noted: Robert F Cook, stationed with the U S Army Medical Department, plans transfer. Bastrop trip for City High School seniors to perform Mid-Summer Night's Dream. A Monroe courthouse sale lists Lot Fourteen, Block Two, Prichard's Addition, seized for writ in the Sixth District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Ballard
H. H. Bell
Company D
Theresa Bell
Jewel McGraw
Bell
City High School
M. Ruffin
G. B. Cooley
Bastrop
State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Sixth District Court
People’s Homestead and Savings Association
Samuel M. McReynolds
Monroee
Louisiana
Prichard
Monroe
Pupil Duty urged to stay in high school for war effort
Dr. P Claxton urges students to remain in high school next fall as a patriotic duty. He argues college and technical education are essential for national needs during and after the war, with colleges to stay open and enrollment to rise to meet manpower demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Claxton
United States
Claxton
Colege
High Schorl S
Cclentife
France
England
Russia
Joe Anpitons
Adla
Tanlac credited with saving life and restoring health
Dallas cabinet maker John W. Waney details dramatic weight loss and illness over twenty years, and says Tanlac restored his health and added twenty pounds. He praises the medicine and notes it is sold in Monroe by Allen's Pharmacy and in West Monroe by Calvert's Drug Store.
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John W. Waney
Exposition St
Dallas
Texas
Tanlac
Tanlaee
Monroe
Allen's Pharmacy
West Monroe
Calvert's Drug Store
Advt
America Must Lead After War to Rebuild World
The talk emphasizes expanding industry population and civic life to repay debts while restoring Western Europe and Asia. It stresses aiding England France Italy and Central Powers in reconstruction, supporting colleges and culture, and calls on graduates to shoulder duties in shaping a connected postwar world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
China
Russia
England
France
Italy
America
Dr King’s New Discovery Ad for Cold Remedy
An advertisement urges keeping Dr King’s New Discovery for cold symptoms after bathing or drafts. It claims to ease inflammation, soothe coughs, and repair the throat, with a $1.00 price and drugstore availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Etter
The Man Who Made Ges at Lyceum Theatre
Amusements note that The Man Who Made Ges at Lyce Theatre presents a lively comedy about a young man and his ambitious wife. The plot follows their schemes to secure money and control, including a raise fight and a whirlwind campaign to land favorable sales terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum Theatre
Lyce Theatre
York City
New York
Tom
Town to Accept Bids for Concrete Roof Structure
Announcement invites bidders to submit offers by May 5 1917 for a concrete roof room measuring 22 by 80 by 12 feet. Details reference N G Tippit Mayor West Moore 11 to June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. G. Tippit
West M
Cholera Remedies Advertised in Early News
An advertisement laments cholera spreads through wet neighborhoods and deaths before medicine. promotes Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as relief. A 1911 family incident claims rapid aid for two ill children, urging prompt use of the advertised product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fayeart
Huntings Ind
Advt
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